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Ultra-stable and color-tunable manganese ions doped lead-free cesium zinc halides nanocrystals in glasses for light-emitting applications

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All inorganic CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, and I) perovskite nanocrystals have made unprecedented radical progresses for opto-electronic applications, but their instability and toxicity of lead impede their wide applications. Herein, we report the first precipitation of lead-free Mn:Cs2ZnX4 nanocrystals in glasses. Efficient green and red photoluminescence are realized from these Mn:Cs2ZnX4 nanocrystals in glasses. By adjusting the size and halide component in these nanocrystals, coordination environment of Mn2+ ions can be tuned, leading to tunable photoluminescence with improved quantum efficiency. It is illustrated that in-situ precipitation of these Mn:Cs2ZnX4 nanocrystals in glasses significantly improves their thermal-, chemical-, and photo-stabilities, making them promising for light-emitting diodes with stable chromaticity coordinates.

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This work was financially supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province, China (No. 2021BAA206).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (SMART), Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Hongshan, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Kai Li, Ying Ye, Wenchao Zhang, Yao Zhou, Yudong Zhang, Jian Ruan & Chao Liu

  2. CAS Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China

    Shisheng Lin & Hang Lin

  3. Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, China

    Shisheng Lin & Hang Lin

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Li, K., Ye, Y., Zhang, W. et al. Ultra-stable and color-tunable manganese ions doped lead-free cesium zinc halides nanocrystals in glasses for light-emitting applications. Nano Res. 15, 9368–9376 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4607-9

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